Improvement in pence



v tnitml tout @time @titille Letters Patent No.. 92,886, dated .,Tulg/ 20', 1869.

*-O-ow- The Schedule referred to in these Letter Patent and making part of the'same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J omY Brooms, of'Slx Mlle, in`

the countyofJenuings, and State of-Indiana, have invented a new and and useful 'Improvement in Portable Fences; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ot' the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form put ot' this specification. v

'lhis invention consists in a novel construction of the connecting-brace ot' a porta-ble fence, whereby a= convenient lateral adjustment ofthe fence to suit hillsides or slanting localities may be eli'ected.

Referring to the acconnntnying drawings- Fignre 1 represents a side view ot' the converging ends of two panels of a portable fence provided withnly adjustable coupling-brace.

Figure 2 represents an end View of the same located Figure 3 represents an end vicw of the same located upon slant-ing ground.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.-

A A are panels ot' ience,construeted substantially as the panels of other portable fences, the posts thereof having bored in them the usual holes a a', near their bottom and top, and in a direction lengthwise of the fence.

B B' is an angulaiconnecting-brace, consisting ofa horizontal or base-piece, B, and a slantiug brace-piece, Bf, pivoted together at x, the base-piece Bhaving bored through its central portion a hole corresponding with the holes a., near the bottom `of the posts, and the slanting brace-pieeevB' having bored in its central and upper portion a line of holes, c, corresponding with the holes a near the top of the said posts.A

The panels A A- being adjusted as shown in` the drawings, the angular connecting-brace B Bf is placed between thegn, its horizontal base-piece lying flat on the ground, so as to bring its central hole'opposite the holes a of the posts, and thenpper portion of the slanting brace-piece'B' so adjusted, by means of the pivot a', as to intersect the posts at apivot opposite the holes a', bringing one ot' its holes c opposite the upper holes a. The parts are retained in said position by means of pins i i, passing through the said holes, top and bottom, as shown in thev drawings.

What I' laim as my invention, and desire to have secured by Letters Patent, isv The'forked brace B', pivoted, as at x, to the groundsill B, and provided with adjusting-holes c, and pins i i, for supporting the end posts of two adjacent panels, A, substantially as shown and desoribedf-y JOHN RIORDAN. litnesses'z 'ANDREW KLEIN, J oHN SCHMITT. 

